Abstract Background & Aims Heroin use is associated with a disproportionately high level of
morbidity and mortality with most deaths attributable to drug overdose. Aggregate heroin …

To determine the effects of a sudden and sustained reduction in heroin purity on the
toxicology of heroin overdose, 959 consecutive heroin overdose cases autopsied at the …

New legislation regarding methods of drug sampling was passed in Israel in 1991.
According to this law, the qualitative result (ie, identification of the drug) as well as the …

This study examines the quality of street heroin seized in Vienna in 1999 and whether there
was a relationship between the purity of street heroin and the number of heroin‐related …

The seizure of illicit drugs is a key component of the UK drug strategy. Whilst information on
the quantity of drugs seized and their weight is routinely collected by enforcement agencies …

Heroin purities Purity of black market heroin in the UK has varied little over the last
decade,(even though price in real terms has dropped steadily), and the mean purity of …

The study aimed to determine mortality rates, standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), and
correlates of mortality amongst the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) cohort of …

In recent years, fatal and non-fatal heroin-related overdoses have increased in northeastern
Italy, and the change in potency of heroin available at street level has been identified as a …

In order to determine the role played by heroin purity in fatal heroin overdoses, time series
analyses were conducted on the purity of street heroin seizures in south western Sydney …

ABSTRACT Background In early 2001 in Australia there was a sudden and dramatic
decrease in heroin availability that occurred throughout the country that was evidenced by …